High-priced and extremely efficient, Scaramar is Stormreach’s premier hired blade and poisoner. The assassin is never seen with the same identity twice, and his elderly gnome servant is his only confidant and companion. The few people who even know he exists assume that Scaramar is a changeling. In truth, Scaramar is the elderly servant, and the other “assassins” are cat’s-paws the gnome uses, murders, and discards like garbage. Scaramar recruits up-and-coming killers with the same line every time: “I’m getting old, and I want to pass on my skills to a suitable protégé. Let me teach you all there is to know about assassination.”
Scaramar trains his minions for a short time before sending them on their first mission. The gnome accompanies his protégé on the job to ensure that all goes smoothly. When the target is eliminated, the gnome murders his unwitting accomplice and searches for another. Scaramar has carefully plied his trade for years since his forced exile from Zilargo. Still, one of his protégés might escape him and seek the party’s help. Scaramar has a thousand enemies who want him dead. If the PCs can expose him or, better yet, kill the old gnome themselves, they can earn rewards from the many in Stormreach who have lost relatives and partners to the assassin.